Ryan Harkness
Ryan Harkness is a freelance contributor to Inquisitr. He has a degree in advertising and over a decade's worth of experience covering entertainment and sports online. Ryan enjoys writing about shows involving zombies, particularly Game of Thrones and The Walking Dead. In his spare time he likes to travel and meet with all the fine folks he's become friends with over the internet.Game of Thrones is set to return for its eighth and final season in April, 2019, just a few short months away. And while fans are undoubtedly about to be hit with a ton of promos and advertisements for the upcoming spectacle, HBO is currently keeping viewers on a strict footage diet. The Inquisitr shared… Continue reading Where Is Arya Stark In The ‘Game Of Thrones’ Season 8 Teaser?
Game of Thrones is notorious for killing off characters left and right, a fact Jamie Campbell Bower understands all too well. Not only did the Twilight and Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald star have his character killed off in the first episode of the show, his whole performance ending up being replaced. Insider reports… Continue reading ‘Game Of Thrones’ Prequel Star Jamie Campbell Bower Didn’t Survive The Original Show’s Pilot
Making A Murderer 2 lawyer Kathleen Zellner has filed a lawsuit against her former client, Lathierial Boyd. As the Inquisitr reported, Boyd sued Zellner for $20 million, claiming the wrongful convictions specialist botched his civil case after he spent over 20 years behind bars for a fatal shooting outside a Chicago nightclub. Now Newsweek has… Continue reading ‘Making A Murderer’ Lawyer Kathleen Zellner Countersues Former Client Lathierial Boyd
Steven Avery’s lawyer Kathleen Zellner has used Twitter repeatedly to share information, answer questions, and push for cooperation with the Wisconsin Attorney General’s Office. Now, the wrongful convictions specialist is using the social media platform to declare “something big” is coming in the next week. “Talked to Steven Avery today,” she wrote in a tweet.… Continue reading ‘Making A Murderer’ Lawyer Kathleen Zellner Teases ‘Something Big Is Coming’
With Steven Avery and Brendan Dassey still behind bars for the 2005 murder of Teresa Halbach, Making A Murderer Season 2 producers turned to Avery’s lawyer, Kathleen Zellner, for much of the content that comprised the second season of the hit Netflix docu-series. That footage presented the wrongful convictions specialist Zellner as a legal pit… Continue reading ‘Making A Murderer’ Lawyer Kathleen Zellner Responds To $20 Million Lawsuit Filed Against Her
A new contest from online fundraising platform Omaze is giving Game of Thrones fans the chance to have tea with Jon Snow himself, actor Kit Harington. But based on the video they made to promote the contest — which you can watch for yourself below — you better not let Harington brew the drink himself.… Continue reading A New Video From ‘Game of Thrones’ Star Kit Harington Proves Jon Snow Knows Nothing About Tea
Azealia Banks is not happy about a recent court filing from Elon Musk’s lawyers that paints the rap star as an unstable liar. The Guardian reports that Musk is currently embroiled in a shareholder lawsuit, that claims Twitter comments on taking automotive company Tesla private constituted market manipulation, costing the plaintiffs hundreds of millions of… Continue reading Azealia Banks Warns She Has ‘Plenty More Dirt To Spill’ On Elon Musk
The Walking Dead star Austin Amelio has confirmed reports that his character Dwight will be the latest to cross over to Fear the Walking Dead. Inquisitr reported on rumors that Amelio would appear in season 5 of the AMC spin-off show, but this is the first time the actor has confirmed the move. “I get… Continue reading ‘The Walking Dead’ Star Confirms He’s Crossing Over To ‘Fear The Walking Dead’
Reuters reports that JonBenet Ramsey’s brother, Burke Ramsey, and CBS have settled a $750 million defamation lawsuit over a documentary series that claimed Burke killed her. The Case Of: JonBenet Ramsey aired in September of 2016 and attempted to get to the bottom of a question that has preoccupied tabloid newspapers since 1996: who murdered… Continue reading JonBenet Ramsey’s Brother Settles $750 Million Lawsuit Against CBS For Calling Him The Killer
Brazil’s new right-wing nationalist leader Jair Bolsonaro isn’t wasting any time setting the tone for his new administration. In one of his first moves as president, Bolsonaro signed an executive decree effectively reducing the minimum wage established by the former ruling party in August. Telesur reports that under the decree, which will have to be… Continue reading Brazil’s New President Jair Bolsonaro Starts Process Of Selling Off Over $250 Billion In State Assets
Aquaman director James Wan is not impressed with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for overlooking the special effects in his latest superhero film. In mid-December, the academy put out a shortlist of 10 films that will be involved in a “VFX bake-off” to determine the five official nominees for the Best Visual… Continue reading ‘Aquaman’ Director James Wan Calls VFX Oscars Snub ‘A F***ing Disgrace’
Filmed on a budget of just $21 million, A Quiet Place went on to pull in an impressive $340 million worldwide at the box office for Paramount Pictures. Producing a blockbuster on the cheap is obviously preferable to studios than having to spend $100 million. And just as obviously, studios like established franchises over taking… Continue reading John Krasinski Is Currently Turning His ‘Tiny Idea’ Into ‘A Quiet Place 2’ Screenplay
Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle was one of the surprise hits of 2018, so it should be no surprise that Sony is hard at work on a sequel. The original starred Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, Kevin Hart, Jack Black, and Karen Gillan. Now the cast is only growing as the studios work to add even… Continue reading Danny DeVito Is The Latest Star To Join Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson In ‘Jumanji’ Sequel
Game of Thrones and the Song of Ice and Fire books the show is based on are rich in detail and history. Every noble house’s lineage is laid out, often going back decades if not centuries. And when you take a closer look into those genealogies, you can often uncover a number of secrets. Incest… Continue reading George RR Martin Just Experienced A ‘Game Of Thrones’ Style Paternity Shocker Of His Own
According to a new paper in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, a nearby galaxy called the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) is on a crash course with our Milky Way that could destabilize our solar system and doom life on planet Earth, should any life be left by the time the event occurs.… Continue reading A Nearby Galaxy Will Collide With Our Milky Way In A Few Billion Years, Scientists Say
As reported by Inquisitr, the eighth and final season of Game of Thrones has completed filming and that footage is currently being massaged into its final form for the quickly approaching April, 2019, premiere date. With that premiere will come an avalanche of press featuring the stars of the show, and we’re starting to see… Continue reading ‘Game Of Thrones’: Kit Harington And Emilia Clarke Discuss Jon And Dany’s Troubling Relationship
French police arrested a prominent Yellow Vest movement leader in Paris on Wednesday night, according to the New York Times. Eric Drouet, a 33-year-old truck driver, was picked up by riot police by the Champs-Élysées and charged with organizing an undeclared demonstration, a crime that could bring up to six months in jail and fines… Continue reading Police In France Arrest Yellow Vest Leader, As ‘Crackdown’ On Protests Begins
A new advertising campaign from the British Army is raising eyebrows with its unconventional attempt to reach out to a younger generation. BBC News reports that the army’s latest recruitment posters utilize what are largely considered to be disparaging terms when describing their desired potential enrollees. “Me me me millennials,” one poster copying the famous… Continue reading British Army’s New Ad Campaign Aims To Recruit ‘Snowflakes’ And ‘Me Me Millennials’
In the latest legal back and forth between the state of Wisconsin and Steven Avery’s wrongful conviction lawyer, Kathleen Zellner, the Inquisitr reports Zellner’s request to DNA test mystery bones found in a Manitowoc gravel pit was denied by a state appeals court. Or at least that’s how many outsiders watching the case interpreted the… Continue reading ‘Making A Murderer’ Lawyer Preparing Another Motion After Request To Test Bones Generates New Evidence
The National Geographic Channel has pulled Neil deGrasse Tyson’s popular StarTalk chat show from their current schedule, an article from Variety reports. As noted by the Inquisitr, Tyson has been embroiled in a sexual misconduct scandal since November of 2018 when two women came forward with accusations of unwanted sexual contact and advances. A third… Continue reading NatGeo Puts Neil deGrasse Tyson’s ‘StarTalk’ Show On Hiatus During Sexual Misconduct Investigation
Chinese state media announced on Thursday morning that the country’s NASA equivalent, the China National Space Administration (CNSA), has successfully landed their Chang’e 4 spacecraft on the far side of the moon. CNN reports the probe touched down at 10:26 Beijing time in the South Pole Aitken Basin. As the Inquisitr noted, it becomes the… Continue reading China Successfully Lands Chang’e 4 Spacecraft On Far Side Of The Moon
NASA scientists had a busy holiday season as their New Horizons space probe hurtled past 2014 MU69, a trans-Neptunian planetesimal that could give us new insight into how planets are formed. Of course, MU69 is a pretty boring name, so a nickname was picked when it was decided that New Horizons would swing past the… Continue reading New Horizons Scientists Refuse To Let Nazis ‘Hijack’ Ultima Thule
A new report from CNN has multiple sources from inside the Pentagon criticizing President Donald Trump’s demands to withdraw U.S. troops from Syria, with one official telling the news outlet a 120-day timeline presented was “trying to please the President and not get everyone killed.” President Trump has few to no supporters in his Department… Continue reading Pentagon Official Calls 120-Day Syria Exit Plan An Attempt To Please Trump And ‘Not Get Everyone Killed’
The long-awaited next installment in Kevin Smith’s Jay and Silent Bob movie series has begun pre-production. Or as Kevin Smith is calling it, “pre-pre-production.” Variety notes that the filmmaker took to Twitter on New Year’s Day to share news that he, Jay Mewes, and producer Jordan Monsanto were hard at work on the project. “Spent… Continue reading Kevin Smith Spent New Year’s Day Working On The ‘Jay And Silent Bob Reboot’ Movie
Making A Murderer subject Steven Avery’s lawyer Kathleen Zellner has responded to her client’s latest legal setback. As the Inquisitr reports, a Wisconsin appeals court denied her December 17 motion to perform Rapid DNA testing on bones left unidentified since Avery’s original 2006 murder trial. According to Newsweek, Zellner isn’t discouraged by the ruling and… Continue reading ‘Making A Murderer’ Lawyer Challenges Wisconsin Attorney General To Allow DNA Testing Of Mystery Bones
A sequel to the 2009 hit Zombieland is set to start production in January of 2019, reuniting the original cast of Emma Stone, Jesse Eisenberg, Woody Harrelson, and Abigail Breslin. In addition to that, Geeks Worldwide reports that Bill Murray will be back as well, and he’s bringing fellow Ghostbuster Dan Aykroyd with him. Murray’s… Continue reading Bill Murray And Dan Aykroyd Will Reportedly Be In ‘Zombieland 2’
Avengers star Scarlett Johansson is one of the biggest movie stars in the world, and with that fame comes a lot of unwanted attention. A hacking ring stole nude photos and leaked them onto the internet in 2011, and now she’s the victim of another vile trend: AI-generated pornography that overlays someone’s face on another… Continue reading Scarlett Johansson Calls Attempts To Stop ‘Deepfake’ Porn A ‘Lost Cause’
Video footage released by the Arizona Republic shows employees at a Southwest Key shelter shoving, dragging, and slapping migrant children in a disturbing glimpse into a now shuttered facility. The security camera videos, obtained via state public-records laws, include a worker pulling a young boy into a room and pushing him against a wall. A… Continue reading Video Shows Migrant Children Being Slapped And Shoved By Workers At Arizona Shelter
Paul Manafort is sitting in prison after a jury found him guilty on multiple counts of tax and bank fraud charges, but the worst may be yet to come. Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election continues to roll on, and as Inquisitr notes, Manafort is now being accused of… Continue reading Paul Manafort Was Being Pressured By Russians To Pay Back Millions, ‘Time’ Reports
A Wisconsin court of appeals has denied a motion from Making A Murderer subject Steven Avery that requested his case be returned to the circuit court so new scientific testing could be performed. Local news outlet WBAY reports that the court’s decision came on December 28, just hours after the State of Wisconsin filed their… Continue reading ‘Making A Murderer’: Appeals Court Rejects Steven Avery’s Request For Rapid DNA Testing Of Mystery Bones
Advertisers using a digital billboard on U.S. Route 441 in Florida got a bit more press than expected when hackers hijacked the ads and changed them to include bizarre and provocative messages. Local news outlet WTSP was informed of the changes after an eagle-eyed driver spotted the unusual ads on Christmas Day. One restaurant promoting… Continue reading Hacked Florida Billboard Features Corgi Proclaiming ‘Satan Is The One True God’
A growing number of Chinese schools are using uniforms with computer chips to keep tabs on their students, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reports. Not only do these uniforms allow parents and school officials to track students using GPS, facial recognition systems at school entrances ensure crafty students aren’t cheating the system. Leaving the grounds during… Continue reading Chinese Schools Adopting ‘Smart Uniforms’ With GPS That Track Student Location
It’s been a particularly bad December for American markets, but we can now point to Boxing Day as a positive blip on this month’s radar. According to CNN, the Dow enjoyed a 5 percent gain on Wednesday, rising 1086 points for its biggest daily points gain ever. The S&P and Nasdaq saw similar impressive gains… Continue reading Stock Markets Make Huge Comeback With Dow Jones Making Largest Daily Point Gain In History
Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous Sherlock Holmes character has been adapted to film many times over the years, often with great success. However, according to the critics on review aggregation site Rotten Tomatoes, the latest adaptation Holmes & Watson starring Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly may not be worth spending your holiday vacation time on.… Continue reading Will Ferrell And John C Reilly’s ‘Holmes & Watson’ Is Currently Zero Percent Fresh On Rotten Tomatoes